http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/1777/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/landmark-supreme-court-ruling-ensures-equal-care-p/17006 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Jordan&#039;s Principle legally binding for the first time in Canada </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/p1090202.adjusted.sm_.jpg" alt="" title="Jeremy Meawasige loves music, and will be able to remain at home under the care of his mother, thanks to yesterday&#039;s ruling by Federal Court Justice Mandamin. photo: Moira Peters" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/p1090587.sm_.jpg" alt="" title="Maurina Beadle (foreground) at a rally in May 2011, raising awareness of the importance of Jordan&#039;s Principle. photo: Moira Peters" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX)--It&#39;s an exciting day for Jeremy Meawasige, a young Pictou Landing First Nation teenager with multiple disabilities, his mother, Maurina Beadle, and Philippa Pictou, Health Director for Pictou Landing.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/landmark-supreme-court-ruling-ensures-equal-care-p/17006" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/landmark-supreme-court-ruling-ensures-equal-care-p/17006#comments Moira Peters Health child health first nations Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:43:38 +0000 Moira Peters 17006 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca